Chemical plant
device · 1800 · Industrial Revolution
Industrial synthesis of substances.
What it is made of
- Chemical reactor vessel — has part. The vessel where the reaction takes place.
- Distillation column — has part. Separating the products.
- Shell and tube heat exchanger — has part. It heats and cools the flows.
- Pipeline — has part. Pipelines between the vessels.
- Programmable logic controller — has part. Process control automation.
Principles and materials it uses
- Catalysis — uses. Catalysts.
- Fractional distillation — uses. Separation.
- Brick — is made of. The furnaces and towers are brick.
- Sulfuric acid — uses. The first chemical plants produced sulfuric acid and soda.